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- a noise reduction system and device and a mobile radio station.
- the present invention relates to a noise reduction system for reducing noise in a combined speech signal, comprising sampling means for sampling a plurality of speech signals disturbed by additive noise, in particular recorded by respective microphones being spaced apart from each other, the system further comprising an adaptive filter of which an input is coupled to adding means for adding the speech signals, and of which an output provides a noise corrected combined speech signal, and the system further comprising signal processing means being arranged for determining combined auto and cross power spectra from auto and cross power spectra determined from transformed samples of the speech signals, and being arranged for providing coefficients, which are derived from the combined auto and cross power spectra on a speech signal segment basis, to coefficient inputs of the filter.
- the present invention further relates to a noise reduction device and to a mobile radio station comprising such a device.
- a noise reduction system of this kind is known from an article "A microphone array with adaptive post- filtering for noise reduction in reverberant rooms", R. Zelinski, ICASS 88, International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, April 11-14, 1988, NY, pp. 2578-2581, IEEE.
- the known article discloses a speech communication system in which noise in a combined speech signal is reduced.
- speech signals recorded with four microphones are phase aligned in the time domain for eliminating differences in path lengths, and then supplied to an adaptive Wiener filter as a combined signal. With speech segments of 16 msec, filter coefficients of the Wiener filter are updated, a Wiener filter being optimum in signal estimation for stationary processes and speech at most being stationary for 20 msec.
- the filter coefficients of the Wiener filter are determined by subjecting samples of the noisy speech signals to a discrete Fourier transform, by calculating combined auto and cross power spectra from the Fourier transformed samples, by inverse Fourier transforming the combined spectra, and by combining auto and cross correlations.
- a discrete Fourier transform With the known signal-to-noise improvement method substantially only uncorrelated noise is suppressed. It is assumed that noise in the respective recorded speech signals is uncorrelated. Such a condition is not true, for instance, in systems where the microphones are spaced at relatively close distances, such as with handsfree telephony in cars. For a spacing of 15 cm it has been found that the Zelinski-method does not give satisfactory results for noise frequencies below 800 Hz, the noise sources then being correlated.
- This known article discloses a noise reduction system in which the so-called Zelinski method is combined with a so-called spectral subtraction method for obtaining noise reduction in a combined speech signal obtained from an array of microphones in a noisy environment.
- the recorded speech signals are sampled, Fourier transformed, and phase aligned in the Fourier domain. For all combinations of delay compensated signals, sums and differences are formed in the frequency domain. The reasoning is then, that with a correct phase alignment, the sums contain the enhanced speech signal and the differences the equivalent noise signal.
- a two stage spectral subtraction method using the sums and differences, speech is enhanced in eliminating the noise.
- a noise reduction system is characterised in that the signal processing means is further arranged for determining the combined cross spectrum during speech segments and speech pause segments, that the system is arranged for determining an estimate of the combined cross power spectrum for speech pause segments, and that the signal processing means is further arranged for determining a corrected combined cross power spectrum by subtracting the estimate from the combined cross power spectrum determined during the speech segment.
- the combined cross power spectrum for speech pause segments is estimated as a weighted average from a previously determined combined cross power spectrum for speech pauses and a current combined cross power spectrum.
- the combined cross power spectrum during speech pause segments is estimated implicitely, rendering explicit speech pause detection means superfluous. Thus a very simple system is achieved.
- Another embodiment of the noise reduction system according to the present invention comprises speech pause detection means which provides a speech pause detection signal to the signal processing means, which determines the combined cross power spectrum accordingly.
- the estimations for the combined cross power spectra during speech segments and speech pause segments can be carried out separately. Thus, a better overall estimation of the speech signal is obtained.
- Figure 1 shows a noise reduction system according to the present invention
- Figure 2 shows an influence of correlated noise in a combined speech signal on a combined cross power spectrum
- Figure 3 shows a combined cross power function for a single frequency with estimation of a noise component therein
- Figure 4 shows a flowchart for estimating a corrected combined cross power value according to the present invention
- Figure 5 shows a noise reduction device in a mobile telephony system
- Figure 6 shows a mobile radio station for use in a mobile radio system.
- Figure 1 shows a noise reduction system 1 for reducing noise in a combined speech signal a(t).
- the system comprises sampling means in the form of A/D- converters 2, 3, and 4 for respective sampling of speech signals recorded with microphones 5, 6, and 7.
- speech signals may speech signals to be supplied to a handsfree telephone in a car.
- Handsfree telephony in a car is a desirable feature, since traffic safety is involved.
- With handsfree telephony the loudspeaker and the microphones are placed at fixed locations in the car.
- the distance between the microphones and the speakers' mouth is enlarged. As a result the signal-to-noise ratio decreases, and the need for noise reduction becomes obvious.
- the sampled speech signals are supplied to signal alignment control means 8 for phase aligning the speech signals.
- Such alignment known per se, can be carrier out either in the time domain or in the frequency domain.
- Said Kroschel article discloses alignment in the frequency domain. For an optimal operation of the present invention an alignment to half a sample is required.
- Respective sampled signals s(t) + n- ⁇ t), s(t) + n 2 (t), and s(t) + n 3 (t) are supplied to adding means 9, after having been phase aligned with respective phase alignment means 8A, 8B, and 8C, so as to form the combined speech signal a(t).
- the phase alignment means 8 A, 8B, and 8C can be tapped delay lines (not shown), of which taps are fed to a multiplexer (not shown), the multiplexer being controlled by the phase alignment control means 8.
- the combined speech signal a(t) is supplied to an adaptive Wiener filter 10, such a filter being known per se.
- a noise corrected version a(t)' of the combined speech signal a(t) is available.
- the sampled signals are also supplied to signal processing means 11 , which can be a digital signal processor with non-volatile memory for storing a program implementing the present invention, and with volatile memory for storing program variables during execution of the program. Digital signal processors with non-volatile and volatile memory are known per se.
- the signal processing means 11 comprise discrete Fourier transform means for Fourier transforming the sampled and phase corrected speech signals, such discrete Fourier transform means being known per se, e.g. from the handbook "The Fourier Transform and Its Applications", R.N. Bracewell, McGraw-Hill, 1986, pp. 356-362, pp.
- the signal processing means 11 are further arranged for determining auto and cross power spectra from the Fourier transformed sampled and phase corrected signals, in the given example with three speech signals, respective auto power spectra ⁇ , ⁇ 22 , and ⁇ 33 , and respective cross power spectra ⁇ 12 , ⁇ 3 , and ⁇ 31 .
- Pages 381-384 of said handbook of Bracewell discloses such forming of spectra from Fourier transforms, it being well-known that a power spectrum is obtained by multiplying a Fourier transform with a conjugate Fourier transform. A power spectrum is applied when it is unimportant to know the phase or when the phase is unknowable.
- the power spectra are determined for segments of speech, e.g.
- the Wiener filter 10 is optimal for signal estimation of stationary processes.
- the Fourier, phase alignment, and auto and cross correlation operations are carried out in a processing block 12, whereby each power spectrum is stored in DSP (Digital Signal Processor) storage means (not shown in detail), in the form of a one dimensional frequency array of point, each point representing a frequency.
- the phase alignment control means 8 form part of the processing block 12.
- the arrays comprise 128 frequency points, spanning a frequency range of 4 kHz.
- the auto power spectra ⁇ l l f ⁇ 22 , and ⁇ 33 are supplied to first adding means 13 so as to form a combined auto power spectrum ⁇ ac
- the cross power spectra ⁇ 12 , ⁇ 23 , and ⁇ 31 are supplied to second summing means 14 so as to form a combined cross power spectrum ⁇ cc
- the combined cross power spectrum ⁇ cc is supplied to spectral subtraction means 16 so as to form a corrected combined cross power spectrum ⁇ cc ', to be described in detail in the sequel.
- the processing means 11 comprise filter coefficient determining means 17 for determining coeffients, to be supplied with each speech segment or speech pause segment to coefficient inputs 18 of the Wiener filter 10.
- filter coefficient determining means 17 can be Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform means for determining time domain combined auto correlation and cross correlation functions followed by a so-called Levinson recursion method for providing the coefficients, the Levinson recursion being known per se, e.g. from the handbook "Fast Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing", R.E. Blahut, Addison Wesley, 1987, pp.
- 352- 362 can be a division of the combined auto power spectrum ⁇ ac and the corrected combined cross spectrum ⁇ cc ' in the frequency domain, followed by an Inverse Discrete Fourier transform for providing the coefficients.
- stored phase information during Fourier transform is taken into account.
- spectral subtraction computations are carried out only for a limited number of data points in the cross power spectra arrays (not shown in detail), i.e. in the given example for the first 24 data points in the 128 data point array.
- the present invention provides a very simple implementation of a combined Zelinski - spectral subtraction system.
- the spectral subtraction is carried out on the basis of an implicit estimate for noise from the combined cross power spectrum.
- speech pause detection means 19 provide a control signal ctl to the spectral subtraction means 16 for controlling storing of the correlated noise component during speech pause segments and for controlling the spectral subtraction on the basis of the stored noise component.
- Such speech pause detection means 19 is known per se, e.g. from a survey article, "A Statistical Approach to the Design of an Adaptive Self- Normalizing Silence Detector", P. de Souza, IEEE Transactions on ASSP, Vol. ASSP-31, June 1983, pp. 678-684.
- the present invention is based upon the insight that uncorrelated noise cancels out when determining the combined cross power spectrum, whereas correlated noise does not. Thus, by determining the correlated noise and by applying spectral subtraction, the correlated noise is cancelled too. With the present invention, an improvement of 6-7 dB over Zelinski is achieved.
- Figure 2 shows an influence of correlated noise in the combined speech signal a(t) on the combined cross power spectrum ⁇ cc , so as to illustrate the speech signal estimation improvement obtained. Shown are the combined auto power spectrum ⁇ ac ( ⁇ ) and the combined cross power spectrum ⁇ cc ( ⁇ ), as a function of the frequency ⁇ .
- the combined auto power spectrum ⁇ ac is equal to S( ⁇ )r + QM c ( ⁇ )r + IN r ( ⁇ )r, the indices 'c' and indicating power spectra of correlated and uncorrelated noise, respectively, it being assumed that the speech and the correlated noise is phase aligned.
- the bias ⁇ 2 ( ⁇ ) of IN c ( ⁇ )r can be estimated during non-speech activity and be subtracted from the combined cross power spectrum, giving the required estimate for the numerator. Since the correlated noise is only present at low frequencies, correction is only carried out in that region. For getting a good compromise between attenuation and artefacts introduced by attenuation, smoothing or weighting is applied for getting an estimate for ⁇ 2 ( ⁇ ).
- Figure 3 shows the combined cross power function ⁇ cc for a single frequency ⁇ with smooth estimation of the noise component ⁇ 2 therein, wherein an integer is an index of the speech segment.
- the original combined cross power spectrum is restored when ⁇ cc ( ⁇ ) - ⁇ 2 ( ⁇ ) is negative.
- the Wiener filter 10 then only gives a phase shift, the spectral subtraction is carried out on both the real and imaginary part of ⁇ cc . In the latter case, in the test, absolute values are taken. In an implementation, 3 microphones where applied, spaced at 15 cm apart from each other. A sample frequency of 8 kHz was chosen, with speech segments of 128 consecutive microphone samples, padded with 128 zeroes. The spectral subtraction was carried out on both the real and imaginary part of ⁇ cc , in a frequency band of 0-600 Hz. The weighting factor a was chosen 0.9, and a Wiener filter 10 consisting of 33 coefficients was applied.
- Figure 4 shows a flowchart for estimating the corrected combined cross power value ⁇ cc '(n, ⁇ ) according to the present invention.
- Block 40 is an entry block
- block 41 is an update block for ⁇ 2 (n, ⁇ )
- block 42 is a test block
- block 43 is a processing block if the test is true
- block 44 is a processing block if the test is false
- block 45 is a quit block. The process is repeated for the relevant frequency points, for the real part and the imaginary part of ⁇ cc .
- Figure 5 shows a noise reduction device 50 according to the present invention, comprising all the features as described, in a mobile telephony system 51, comprising at least one mobile radio station 52, known per se, and at least one radio base station 53.
- a mobile telephony system 51 comprising at least one mobile radio station 52, known per se, and at least one radio base station 53.
- GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
- the noise reduction device 50 is a separate device of which an output provides enhanced speech to a microphone input of the mobile radio station 52.
- Figure 6 shows a mobile radio station 60 for use in the mobile radio system 51.
- the noise reduction device 50 is integrated within the mobile radio station 60, which can be a car telephone.
- An output of the noise reduction device 50 is coupled to a microphone input of a transmitter part 61 of the mobile radio station 60, which further comprises a receiver part 62.
- Radio frequency transmit and receive signals Tx and Rx exchanged with the base station 53 via an antenna 63, in duplex transmission mode.
- the mobile radio system can be a GSM car telephone, in which the present invention is implemented. In handsfree mode, received signals are supplied to a loudspeaker 64.
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